Table 1.

Large Studies of Trends in Hospitalization Rates for Myocardial Infarction in the United States

Reference	Data Source	Study Period	Change in Rates (Per 100 000)	Discharge Diagnosis	Validation of Discharge Diagnoses
Nallamothu19	Acute Care Tracker Database	2002–2005	309 to 266	Principal	No
Fang20	National Hospital Discharge Survey	1979–1981 to 1985–1987	215 to 342	Principal	No
		1985–1987 to 2003–2005	342 to 242
Chen21	Medicare fee‐for‐service beneficiaries	2002–2007	1131 to 866	Principal	No
Wang22	National inpatient sample	2001–2007	314 to 222	Principal	No